Having the Right People

[drdrake 3,187]

With our club looking for a new CEO and with out question this is one of the biggest make or break decisions the club has faced.

The next focus needs to be moved onto the football department, I believe Neeld needs to stay but we need to put some good assistants around him. You look at our assistant coaches not much AFL experience and even less AFL coaching experience if you take out Royal and Rawlings and when you look at these two both haven't really had much success with clubs they have been at recently.

We need to add good quality assistant coaches to Neelds team, go after Wayne Carey and Cameron Ling, OK the coaching experience isn't there but they will offer a lot more than what we have, listen to Ling he is a smart footy person and Carey gives that hard edge and I think is a born leader that players will respect and look up to. We need to add high quality assistants, if not these two find two more that have been leaders at successful clubs.

[Supreme_Demon 3,900]

Cameron Ling and Wayne Carey would be very handy to have at the Melbourne Football Club. I doubt Wayne Carey would come though....he seems to have a lot of contempt and malice towards the Demons. Maybe it was from when he hurt his shoulder against us in Round 1 of 1997 when we surprisingly had a win againt the Kangaroos?

I wouldn't mind having David King helping the Demons too...he seems to be an outspoken critic of us....with it is just pure hatred or genuine concern for the Melbourne Demons remains to be seen.

Matthew Lloyd would be another who would be a good forwards coach to bring to the club.

We basically need successful people who have been at successful clubs and won Premierships and have a hard edge about them. The more successful people we get at the Melbourne Demons the better it will be in changing our club culture.

[Eittocs12 32]

I think Ling would be great assistant coach or even Mark Riccutio would be a good get.

Keep Wayne Carey away from the club, one too many indiscretions and David king is just to arrogant, he would probably want to be the coach rather than assist.

[cowboy_from_hell 2,390]

Ling would be great or Gary Ayres would be nice. Carey once a week or when needed for Hogan and Watts wouldn't bother me either but not full time. Oh yeah that bloke who played a couple of games for us and busted his ass for the club James Mcdonald would be a welcome return.

[T-34 409]

Carey is a tool and King is a failed assistant at Richmond. Stay away.

[dazzledavey36 55,378]

Why are people presuming that because Cameron Ling was a good footy player he would be an instant hit as an assistant coach? Didn't work for Scotty West or Paul Williams..

[Jaded No More 68,974]

I'd love Ratten back as midfield coach. Always rated him and our midfield was very good under him.

Never quite understood Mahoney's credentials to be footy manager. He was a pretty ordinary line coach IMHO.

Losing Wells was a big blow and our backline is yet to recover.

Instead of poaching D grade oldies from other clubs this off season, lets focus on poaching some opposition assistants.

[cowboy_from_hell 2,390]

Why are people presuming that because Cameron Ling was a good footy player he would be an instant hit as an assistant coach? Didn't work for Scotty West or Paul Williams..

He wasn't the most talented but knew what it would take to play a midfield role in premierships. He also was at a club where some called it irrelevant, they were broke, had no players and looked destined for nothing. He then went on to win flags. Our captains would blow their load if he came on board.

[ThreeOneSix 954]

I'd love Ratten back as midfield coach. Always rated him and our midfield was very good under him.

Never quite understood Mahoney's credentials to be footy manager. He was a pretty ordinary line coach IMHO.

Losing Wells was a big blow and our backline is yet to recover.

Instead of poaching D grade oldies from other clubs this off season, lets focus on poaching some opposition assistants.

Would have Ratten back in a heart beat.

Mahoney's about as useful as both Brown and Neeld.

Hopefully the next coach brings some decent personal with him.

[Guest rednblue4life]

Cameron ling or J Mac as mids coach would be grate... Also why are so meany past dees helping other clubs ie cam bruce, adem yze etc

[Carrot Top 947]

If we want the best then we just need to recruit in the complete opposite way to what we've been doing all these years. If we decide someone is perfect for the job then put a line through his name. If someone looks like they are the worst possible choice then hire them.

Easy peasy and we certainly couldn't do worse.

[Strafford 182]

I'd love Ratten back as midfield coach. Always rated him and our midfield was very good under him.

Never quite understood Mahoney's credentials to be footy manager. He was a pretty ordinary line coach IMHO.

Losing Wells was a big blow and our backline is yet to recover.

Instead of poaching D grade oldies from other clubs this off season, lets focus on poaching some opposition assistants.

Unfortunately I think there is a major but here, and not just the unliklihood of luring him from his new team. Yes he worked well for us before, and I think he would work well in the system I think Neeld is trying to implement, and he has experience with a number of the issues our club faces as he had to deal with similar issues at Carlton...but I imagine he still wants to be the main man again one day, which in practice means he would undermine Neeld's authority, especially if we continue to struggle in the future. It would just give the media another name to throw around as a replacement for an under pressure coach.